Samuel Johnson Quotes

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another.

I believe in the America people's ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them to lead their lives as they choose, they will succeed.

What kind of government is this? This is a human being. This is not right, and I'm telling everybody you better call your congressman, because they're going to run your life.

Folks know that while I respect Barack Obama and do not cheap-shot the president, I am very skeptical of his big government, nanny-state philosophy.

I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone.

I'm not into politics.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.

We cannot afford to walk down that dangerous path of government overstepping its boundaries into the most personal parts of our lives.

Man is not free unless government is limited.

That is why I came to conclusion that the election must take place, so that the republic can have a government. If I were to say that everything will change for the better immediately, that would not be true. The struggle will continue for a long time.

I also believe that government has no business telling us how we should live our lives. I think our lifestyle choices should be left up to us. What we do in our private lives is none of the government's business. That position rules out the Republican Party for me.

I do think that the elections of 2010 and 2012 are going to determine the trajectory of the country. Either we're going to be aspiring and improving opportunities based on freedom and responsibility, or we're going to go down the path that dictates and mandates a dependency on government.

These things I believe: that government should butt out.

We can't make any statements here. We can't talk about the internal politics of Paraguay.

Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government.

No American conservative has ever argued that the government should never be involved in peoples' lives. That is anarchy, and we don't argue for that.

I've never paid attention to politics. I only have the vaguest notion of what the IRA is.

I'm not a big politics guy.

I feel that the majority of people should decide for themselves what kind of government they want.

I hate government. I'm apolitical. Write that down. I'm not a Republican.

Our new government is now in full Operation, but how it will move or what will be the End of it I can scarcely conjecture. I am not yet in Love with it, & I doubt if I ever shall be

The American people believe that we ought to control our government. On the other hand, we've seen government more and more controlling us

Party divisions, whether on the whole operating for good or evil, are things inseparable from free government.

The less government we have, the better—the fewer laws, and the less confided power.